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[Stuttering] I just need my

daily gas ration from the Sheriff.

Wait for him at Flo's.

Get outta here.

I've been trying

to get outta here for three days!

[Sheriff] Hope you enjoyed the show!

[Groaning]

Whoa, Doc.

Time to clean out the garage, buddy,

come on.

What?

He has a Piston Cup?

Oh, my gosh.

Three Piston Cups?

- [Doc] Sign says stay out.

- [Gasps]

You have three Piston Cups.

How could you have...

I knew you couldn't drive.

I didn't know you couldn't read.

- You're the Hudson Hornet!

- Wait at Flo's, like I told ya!

Of course. I can't believe

I didn't see it before.

You're The Fabulous Hudson Hornet!

You used to hold the record for most

wins in a season. Oh, we gotta talk.

- You gotta show me your tricks. Please.

- I tried that.

You won three times!

Look at those trophies!

You look.

All I see is a bunch of empty cups.

[Country music]

[Country music]

You know, some automotive yoga

could really lower your RPM's, man.

Oh, take a car wash, hippie.

Yeah, look at my husband, y'all!

Whoo! That's your color!

- [Ramone] Yellow, baby.

- Mmm. You smokin' hot!

There he is.

Oh, my gosh!

Did you know Doc is a famous racecar?

- Doc? Our Doc?

- Not Doc Hudson.

No, no, no, no, it's true!

He's a real racing legend.

He's The Fabulous Hudson Hornet!

Fabulous? I never seen Doc

drive more than 20 miles an hour.

I mean, have you ever seen him race?

No, but I wish I could have.

They say he was amazing!

- He won three Piston Cups!

- He did what in his cup?

I think the heat's

startin' to get to the boy!

Well, I'll say! Look how red he is.

[Ramone] I think he needs

a new coat of poly, man.

- [Mater] Are you sick, buddy?

- You are lookin' peaked.

He needs a new coat of poly for sure!

[Gas bell rings]

- [Sheriff] Hey! What are you doin'?

- It's OK. You can trust me, right?

I trust you, all right.

It's him I'm worried about.

Hmm... I trust him.

- Come on, let's take a drive.

- A drive?

Yeah, a drive.

Don't you big city racecars

ever just take a drive?

Ah... No. No, we don't.

[Gas pump stops]

Hey, Stickers! You comin' or what?

[Flo] Mm-hm!

- And you thought he was gonna run.

- Hey, can you believe it, man?

He actually thought

Doc was a famous racecar!

That's so too much!

OK, you got me out here.

Where are we goin'?

I don't know.

Whoa! Yes.

- [Sputtering]

- [Laughing]

Oh! Ah-ha-ha!

- Bleah!

- [Chuckling]

- [Grunts]

- [Laughs]

[Sputtering]

[Laughing]

[Chuckles] Oh!

[Spitting]

[Lightning] Wow. What is this place?

Wheel Well.

Used to be the most popular stop

on the mother road.

This place?

[Horns beeping]

[Sally sighing] Yeah, imagine.

Oh, imagine what

it must have been like to stay here.

You know, I don't get you.

How does a Porsche

wind up in a place like this?

Well, it's really pretty simple.

I was...

...an attorney in LA

livin' life in the fast lane, and...

Oh, you were, were you?

Were you rich?

- What?

- Just... clues to the puzzle.

Yeah, OK.

Well, that was my life.

And you know what?

It never felt... happy.

Yeah. I mean... really?

Yeah. So I left California.

Just drove and drove

and finally broke down right here.

Doc fixed me up, Flo took me in.

Well, they all did. And I never left.

Yeah. You know, I understand.

You need a little R and R.

Recharge the old batteries.

But you know, after a while,

why didn't you go back?

[Inhaling heavily] I fell in love.

- Oh.

- Yep.

- Corvette?

- No.

I fell in love with this.

Whoa. Look at that.

Look, they're drivin' right by.

They don't even know

what they're missing!

[Sally] Well,

it didn't used to be that way.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. Forty years ago,

that Interstate down there didn't exist.

Really?

[Sally] Yeah. Back then,

cars came across the country

a whole different way.

How do you mean?

The road didn't cut through the land

like that Interstate.

It moved with the land, you know?

It rose, it fell, it curved.

- Mornin'!

- Nice day, huh?

Cars didn't drive on it

to make great time.

They drove on it to have a great time.

[James Taylor:
Our Town]

Well, what happened?

The town got bypassed

just to save ten minutes of driving.

[Lightning] How great would it have been

to see this place in its heyday!

Oh, I can't tell you how many times

I've dreamed of that.

But one of these days we'll

find a way to get it back on the map.

Yeah. Hey, listen, thanks for the drive.

I had a great time.

It's kinda nice to slow down

every once in a while.

You're welcome.

Hey, listen, listen!

If anybody asks you,

we was out smashin' mailboxes, OK?

[Chuckling] Wha... what?

[Rumbling]

[Mooing]

Oh, man, the paint's still wet!

- [Honking loudly]

- [Mooing]

No, no, no, no!

Get out of the store!

Hey! Don't eat the radial!

Here, take-a the snow tires.

- [Sheriff] Mater!

- I wasn't tractor-tippin'!

Then where did all these

gol-durn tractors come from?

- Whoa, boy!

- Hey! Hey, guys!

There's one goin' this way.

I got it.

Come here, little tractor,

come here.

Yeah, that's a good tractor.

No, no, no, no, come here.

What are you doing?

You're not supposed to go

wandering off all...

...alone.

What are you doin'

with those old racin' tires?

[Sighing heavily]

Come on, Doc, drive.

[Revs engine]

Ah... Yeah.

- Wow.

- Huh?

You're amazing!

[Coughing] What are you doin'?

Doc, wait!

[Trucks mooing]

Giddup right in there!

Come on, Rusty.

Doc, hold it!

Seriously, your driving's incredible!

- Wonderful. Now, go away.

- Hey, I mean it. You've still got it!

- I'm askin' you to leave.

- Come on.

I'm a racecar,

you're a much older racecar,

but under the hood

you and I are the same.

We are not the same!

Understand? Now, get out.

How could a car like you quit

at the top of your game?

You think I quit?

[Lightning] Right.

Your big wreck in '54.

They quit on me.

When I finally got put together,

I went back expecting a big welcome.

You know what they said?

"You're history."

Moved right on to

the next rookie standing in line.

There was a lot left in me.

I never got a chance to show 'em.

I keep that to remind me

never to go back.

I just never expected that

that world would...

...would find me here.

- Hey, look, Doc, I'm not them.

- Oh, yeah?

No, I'm not.

When is the last time you cared about

something except yourself, hot rod?

You name me one time

and I will take it all back.

Uh-huh. I didn't think so.

These are good folk around here,

who care about one another.

I don't want 'em depending

on someone they can't count on.

Oh, like you?

You've been here how long

and your friends

don't even know who you are?

Who's caring about only himself?

Just finish that road

and get outta here!

[Reveille plays]

[Jimi Hendrix:
Star Spangled Banner]

[Sarge] Will you turn that

disrespectful junk off?

[Fillmore] Respect the classics, man.

[Snoring]

[Snorts, putters]

[Grunting]

[Smacking] Ah...

[Mater] He's done.

He must've finished it

while we was all sleepin'.

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